Zip lookup · MT

59859
Plains, Montana.

Plains, Sanders County, MT · population 4,360

What it costs per month · 59859 $2,418/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,630 (+207%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $24,532 +6%
$436,063$460,594 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $135,182 +42%
$325,412$460,594 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 59859 $2,418 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 59859$2,418
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 59859 rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Plains, MT — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $460,594 as of Sep 2026
+5.6%year on year

Typical home value — 59859

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 59859 $460,594 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 59859$460,594
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.